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    UKTV to launch food channel

    2001-06-26T13:31:00Z

    UKTV's new£20m Food channel expected to leave rivals with a bitter taste

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    Carlton and Granada attempt to damp down rift

    2001-06-26T12:42:00Z

    ITV partners to continue dialogue after public schism sees Carlton and Granada share prices slump to new lows

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    Banzai experiment working for C4

    2001-06-25T17:16:00Z

    Running E4-developed cult betting show on main channel after Big Brother is producing rating results

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    Andy Anson: C4's Big Brother

    2001-06-25T15:37:00Z

    David Wood talks to the broadcaster's head of strategic planning and interactive about how he plans to take C4's core reputations cross-platform

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    Media Networks - spreading the vision

    2001-06-25T15:36:00Z

    Richard Dean investigates how new technologies and faster connection speeds are assisting dedicated media networks to deliver new means of collaborative working

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    BSkyB to close [.tv]

    2001-06-25T12:57:00Z

    Niche digital channels face uncertain future after BSkyB confirms it is to axe its 100 per cent owned technology channel three years after re-launch

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    Media shares dive as report predicts ITV heading for worse recession on record

    2001-06-25T11:15:00Z

    Carlton and Granada fall as new survey says slump in ad spend by big US multinationals is leading to deeper and more protracted crisis than previously expected

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    And they're off

    2001-06-22T16:55:00Z

    'New value for all in racing' claims Go Racing chief executive Christopher Stoddart after BHB agreement for pre-race data secures£387m media rights deal

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    Jobs go as Prebble announces new ITV management

    2001-06-22T13:09:00Z

    ITV begins cost-cutting as chief executive names new integrated management team

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    Hear'Say get own TV show

    2001-06-22T13:05:00Z

    LWT commissioned to produce Hear'Say It's Saturday which will air on ITV later this year

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    Lack of tech skills noted

    2001-06-22T00:00:00Z

    A serious shortage of trained broadcast engineers is affecting both broadcasters and manufacturers, the News World Technology conference in London was told, writes Nick Radlo.

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    NTL HIRES MANAGERS

    2001-06-22T00:00:00Z

    NTL has made three senior management appointments: David Thatcher, chief operating officer of mobile internet outfit Mviva, becomes east and south-east managing director, while NTL director of broadband implementation Ian Jeffers

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    POCKETT HIRES STONIER

    2001-06-22T00:00:00Z

    English & Pockett, part of FutureBrand Worldwide has hired Peter Stonier as head of convergent media. He will be responsible for the company's growing involvement in the media business, mainly in

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    Granada tries to save GBTV

    2001-06-22T00:00:00Z

    Granada has launched an eleventh-hour bid to salvage its US joint-venture with the BBC, GBTV, which has sold no shows since the company was launched amid much fanfare two years ago, writes Katy Elliott.

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    Gameplan for Ofcom

    2001-06-22T00:00:00Z

    The board of Ofcom will be made up of 10 full-time directors and six non-executive directors, with no guaranteed board-level representation for the nations and regions, according to Independent Television Commission (ITC) chief executive Patricia Hodgson,

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    ITV's reversal of fortune

    2001-06-22T00:00:00Z

    There is only one story in town at the moment and I don't mean the imminent lynching of the creative team behind the Big Brother BT Cellnet sponsorship credits. It is

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    Liberty firms gain mds

    2001-06-22T00:00:00Z

    Rushes and Soho 601, both part of Liberty Livewire, have gained new managing directors it has emerged this week, writes Barbara Marshall.

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    INDIE AND NEW MEDIA FIRM TIE UP TO MAKE iTV

    2001-06-22T00:00:00Z

    Birmingham-based indie Isis Media has formed a strategic alliance with new media specialist Newwave to work on broadcast-based interactive projects. The five-strong Isis Media team will be led by Isis Media

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    PEARSON FILLS TOP ROLE

    2001-06-22T00:00:00Z

    Pearson TV's newly formed International and Enterprises Division (PTIE) has announced that worldwide merchandising senior vice-president Simon Spalding has been promoted to head of worldwide licensing and will take on the

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    OFF THE RECORD - The killing fields

    2001-06-22T00:00:00Z

    Anyone who's ever wanted to kill his or her executive producer should take note. Exec Jack Smith was filming BBC/Discovery co-production Hidden History of Egypt in Cairo earlier this year, dressed